Floor - this report you have written is absolutely outstanding - you are such a great researcher!!! For what it might be worth, the bead-covered head in your second photo here is made by the Huichol Indians of the northern part of Mexico. They use Peyote as part of their cultural ceremonies and are quite famous for these bead-covered objects. The beads are pressed into warm bees wax. Thanks again for all your work in doing this research of beads from Jablonec. Paul